Muhammad Haris Mukhtar

Lahore, Pk P: +92-337******* ad158b@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/harismukhtar/ EDUCATION

Primary Education Bahawalpur, Punjab

Army Public School, Bahawalpur 2007

Matriculation Jeddah, K.S.A

Pakistan International School Jeddah. 2008-2010

Intermediate Education Bahawalpur, Punjab

Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur 2011-2013

Bachelors Of Art Fashion Design and Management Lahore, Punjab Institute Of Art, Design & Management Affiliated to Warn borough College Ireland 2014-2018 EXPERIENCE

Haris Mukhtar Design Studio (Design studio services, women wear local setup) Lahore, Punjab Creative Head Jan 2023 – Till Date

Creative Vision: Develop and articulate the studio's creative vision, ensuring it aligns with the brand's identity and objectives. I am the driving force behind the studio's artistic direction.

Design Leadership: Lead and inspire a team of designers, artisans, and creative professionals. Foster their creative growth, set design standards, and oversee the development of design concepts.

Trend Analysis: Stay at the forefront of fashion trends, industry innovations, and emerging design techniques. Apply this knowledge to maintain the studio's competitive edge.

Concept Development: Spearhead the creation of innovative design concepts, drawing inspiration from diverse sources. Ensure that designs reflect the studio's unique style and resonate with target audiences.

Quality Assurance: Uphold rigorous quality control standards to ensure that all designs meet or surpass the studio's quality benchmarks.

Collaboration: Collaborate closely with other studio teams, such as production, marketing, and sales, to ensure creative concepts align with overall business goals.

Client Engagement: Interact with clients to understand their design preferences and requirements, translating insights into creative solutions that exceed expectations.

Project Management: Oversee multiple design projects concurrently, effectively managing timelines, resources, and budgets.

Team Development: Cultivate the creative talents of your team through mentoring, coaching, and training, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.

Brand Consistency: Ensure all creative outputs maintain alignment with the studio's brand identity, preserving a cohesive visual language.

Feedback Integration: Actively seek and integrate feedback from clients, stakeholders, and team members to continually enhance creative work.

Innovation: Encourage experimentation and innovation within the creative team, pushing the boundaries of design and exploring new techniques and materials.

Market Awareness: Stay attuned to market dynamics, customer preferences, and competitors' offerings to adapt creative strategies accordingly.

Budget Management: Collaborate with the executive team to effectively manage the creative department's budget.

SKILLS: Attention to detail, design sense, interpersonal skills, adaptability, analytical skills, team management, time management, creative vision, design leadership, trend analysis, concept development, quality assurance, collaboration, client engagement, project management, brand consistency, feedback integration, innovation. Zahra Rubab (50+ employee women wear local setup) Babu Sabu Lahore, Punjab Creative Head May 2022 – Dec 2022

Establish brand guidelines. I was responsible for building and integrating the overall brand guidelines for the business. While key stakeholders typically had final approval, I create the initial designs and demonstrates how to adopt the branding across various marketing collateral. These guidelines are typically available as a file or in a physical format so that colleagues can refer back to them while they're creating content, collateral and other customer-facing resources. I was regularly updating brand guidelines as the brand and the business change, which they communicate to employees.

Create design flow work. I was responsible for establishing the briefing process and overseeing the wider design function. This allowed the designers to focus on creative tasks while ensuring that all of the requests that come through to the team finish on time and to the best of the department's ability. I delegated certain tasks to certain individuals, depending on their specializations and natural skill levels.

Support recruitment. I used to supports the recruitment process for new positions in my team. This involved creating the job description, forecasting budget allowances and working alongside other senior team members during interviews.

Work alongside suppliers. I used to regularly identify and liaise with external partners, freelancers or agencies.

Budgeting. I was responsible for the team staying on budget. Aside from setting the budget and forecasting future needs, I also worked with my team to ensure that all budget is spent effectively with business goals in mind. This is the operational part of the role and requires an individual with attention to detail and the ability to view the bigger picture, factoring in future costs. I used to regularly meet with senior management to discuss the potential for increased budgets, depending on the workload. SKILLS: Attention to detail, design sense, interpersonal skills, adaptability, analytical skills, team management, time management.

Marjjan by Zohaib Arts (100+ employee venture women wear brand) Johar Town, Lahore, Punjab Senior Fashion Designer May 2019 – April 2022

Assisting the Head of Design Department.

Conducting market research around emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics, colours and shapes.

Create mood boards, plan and develop ranges, often based on a theme.

Create or visualise an idea and produce a design by hand or using computer-aided design (CAD)

Present designs to the management & alter according to the feedback.

Understanding design from technical perspective and the technical specifications for designs.

Visit markets to source, select and buy trims, fabrics, fastenings and embellishments for finalised designs.

Negotiate prices with vendors in accordance with collection budgets.

Creating technical packs to clearly communicate the design to the manufacturing units.

Reviewing the sample pieces for production, for style and fit.

Oversee the production to ensure the final product is in accordance with brand standards. SKILLS: R&D, CAD, Fashion Illustration, Conceptual skills, sense of style, design sense, color management, verbal skills, deadline oriented.

Craze Fashion Defence Housing Authority Lahore, Punjab Fashion Designer Jan 2019 – April 2019

Collaborate with team members to select seasonal themes, make edits to lines and create new concepts.

Ensure products are in agreement with business strategy.

Assistance to Head of Department.

Select fabrics and trims.

Create production sketches for development packages.

Collaborate with a technical designer to ensure development packages are accurate. Nishat Mills Ltd Rohi Nala, Lahore, Punjab

Fashion Designer June 2018 – Dec 2018

Collaborate with marketing team members to select seasonal themes, make edits to lines and create new concepts.

Ensure products are in agreement with business strategy.

Assistance to Head of Department.

Select fabrics and trims.

Create production sketches for development packages.

Collaborate with a technical designer to ensure development packages are accurate. Zaib by Nimsay, Nimra Textile Defence Housing Authority Lahore, Punjab Intern Fashion Designer March 2018 – May 2018

Collaborate with team members to select seasonal themes, make edits to lines and create new concepts.

Ensure products are in agreement with business strategy.

Assistance to Head of Department.

Select fabrics and trims.

Create production sketches for development packages.

Collaborate with a technical designer to ensure development packages are accurate. ADDITIONAL

Technical Skills: R&D, CAD, Attention to detail, design sense, interpersonal skills, adaptability, analytical skills, team management, time management. Fashion Illustration, Conceptual skills, sense of style, design sense, color management, verbal skills, deadline oriented. Fashion, Styling, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Customer Service, Industrial Designer, Illustration Design, Technical, English Speaking, Collaboration Languages: Fluent in English, Urdu; Conversational Proficiency in Arabic. Awards: Riding Gala Bwp Cantt Tent/Sword Pegging (2013); Winner – Caricature IRTIQA, GIKI (2018); Winner

– Graffiti IRTIQA, GIKI (2018)

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